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hag mccain was getting testy and hagel was dodging. it was one of the key military decisions in the past ten years, and if senator hagel is the top military adviser to the president, they want to explore his thinking on that. and politics, trying to portray senator hagel as anti israel plays well to some interest groups, and that's much more politics. >> to pull from a football term given the weekend, it seems like he was fumbling around. was he not as well prepared as he ought to have been? >> no doubt, senators walked out of the hearing shaking their head, from both sides, democrats and republicans were very surprised how poorly prepared senator hagel appeared to be. for expected -- like senator mccain's questions about the surge. that's just a fundamental question you knew was coming and he seemed not to have an explanation for his own position. it -- a lot of people shaking their heads about it. >> does he get confirmed? >> he gets confirmed. you heard jay carney say that yesterday. the white house is counting on more than 50 votes
hag mccain was getting testy and hagel was dodging. it was one of the key military decisions in the past ten years, and if senator hagel is the top military adviser to the president, they want to explore his thinking on that. and politics, trying to portray senator hagel as anti israel plays well to some interest groups, and that's much more politics. >> to pull from a football term given the weekend, it seems like he was fumbling around. was he not as well prepared as he ought to have...
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another only about a mile away from where hagel was meeting with coalition leaders in kabul. nbc's mike taibbi is in kabul for us tonight. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it happened just before 9:00 a.m. kabul time. a lone suicide bomber rode in on a bicycle. but only got close enough to the afghan defense ministry to attack and impact civilians. nine were killed, 14 were injured. the taliban later said the attack was a message for defense secretary hagel, who was in a secure briefing at the time, miles away in the edge of the city. hagel said later said that he heard the explosion but it didn't interrupt either his briefing or his itinerary. he went up to bagram air base and met with coalition commanders there, then went to jalalabad to visit with troops from the 101st airborne. tomorrow another full day, further briefing on the training for the afghan army, important with afghans now responsible for 90% of their own security. and then meetings with afghan economic and military leaders, and a sit-down with afghan president hamid karzai. among the prob
another only about a mile away from where hagel was meeting with coalition leaders in kabul. nbc's mike taibbi is in kabul for us tonight. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it happened just before 9:00 a.m. kabul time. a lone suicide bomber rode in on a bicycle. but only got close enough to the afghan defense ministry to attack and impact civilians. nine were killed, 14 were injured. the taliban later said the attack was a message for defense secretary hagel, who was...
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hagel is at the center of it, but it's about much more than just chuck hagel. andrea. >> let me just interject also, kelly, that there is an issue here. the defense ministers meet at nato next week in brussels. they want chuck hagel, the administration wants chuck hagel, the new defense secretary to be leading this going forward. they don't want to have to ask leon panetta, who is still the defense secretary, to go and lead the delegation as a lame-duck. chris, this gets to entrance, and that's why, among other reasons, the white house is so frustrated, and those who have been raising these benghazi issues are really holding the white house hostage on when did the president call and was he up all night? those are the kinds of questions they've been asking. hagel had nothing to do with benghazi. >> absolutely true, andrea, but i would say, look, this is -- kelly used the phrase leverage point, and whether you like it or not, that's what republicans view this as. i would say that the white house has two very clear choices. they either say okay, we will give until
hagel is at the center of it, but it's about much more than just chuck hagel. andrea. >> let me just interject also, kelly, that there is an issue here. the defense ministers meet at nato next week in brussels. they want chuck hagel, the administration wants chuck hagel, the new defense secretary to be leading this going forward. they don't want to have to ask leon panetta, who is still the defense secretary, to go and lead the delegation as a lame-duck. chris, this gets to entrance, and...
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the full senate is expected to vote on hagel when it reconvenes next week. >> kristen welker tonight. thank you. >>> as you just heard, one of the big issues in the immigration debate is border security. despite progress claimed by the federal government, nbc's mark potter found that for some americans who live near mexico, the border is anything but secure. >> reporter: in the rugged terrain south of tucson, arizona, advocates concerned buzz border security took matters into their own hands and placed motion sensitive hidden cameras on known smuggling trails and this is their video, revealing wave after wave of mexican drug and immigrant smugglers, some of them heavily armed who cross the border and travel miles north inside the united states. >> a trail coming in. >> reporter: it's why rancher david beckham made the painful decision to move his family off his land, 12 miles north of the mexican border, because of all the armed smugglers crossing his property, threatening his home. >> it was unsafe. i couldn't -- i couldn't see raising our children -- you know, i was afraid to let th
the full senate is expected to vote on hagel when it reconvenes next week. >> kristen welker tonight. thank you. >>> as you just heard, one of the big issues in the immigration debate is border security. despite progress claimed by the federal government, nbc's mark potter found that for some americans who live near mexico, the border is anything but secure. >> reporter: in the rugged terrain south of tucson, arizona, advocates concerned buzz border security took matters...
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there are no questions like that about hagel. he's just a nominee republicans do not like personally and do not agree with philosophically. he didn't exactly dazzle everybody at his confirmation hearing. but that is not grounds to derail a nomination. yet the gop is signaling it will make him come up with 60 votes. in the end there probably will be 60 votes for hagel, but this has never happened before. it could be happening more in the future after this. before they go too far down this road, republicans really might want to ask themselves what happens the next time one of their own is in the white house and finds himself or herself facing a democratic senate? frivolous filibustering will probably feel a lot different to them then. okay. that does it for "the cycle." martin bashir, take it away. >> i'm sure it will. thanks, steve. good afternoon. it's wednesday, february 13th. and the president has taken his message straight to the american people while marco rubio has taken his shirt to the dry cleaners. ♪ >> i'm prepared to
there are no questions like that about hagel. he's just a nominee republicans do not like personally and do not agree with philosophically. he didn't exactly dazzle everybody at his confirmation hearing. but that is not grounds to derail a nomination. yet the gop is signaling it will make him come up with 60 votes. in the end there probably will be 60 votes for hagel, but this has never happened before. it could be happening more in the future after this. before they go too far down this road,...
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barbara boxer has signed on to chuck hagel. is there anything so far in his record that would make you think you're going to vote against chuck hagel? >> well, andrea, i worked with chuck and certainly as a senator respected him. i'm looking forward to sitting down and talking with him. i want to hear at the hearings, his comments about the concerns that have been raised as well. a mof my constituents have raised concerns. i just want to talk to him about those before making a publication of my support, but i certainly think that as he moves through the process that he will have the support to be confirmed. >> thank you very much, senator. >> you're welcome. ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? describe the room. a big, open space. smells really fresh, man. oh! [ both laugh ] febreze? how about that? yeah. febreze anti-clogging technology keeps it smelling fresh. febreze. breathe happy. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that,
barbara boxer has signed on to chuck hagel. is there anything so far in his record that would make you think you're going to vote against chuck hagel? >> well, andrea, i worked with chuck and certainly as a senator respected him. i'm looking forward to sitting down and talking with him. i want to hear at the hearings, his comments about the concerns that have been raised as well. a mof my constituents have raised concerns. i just want to talk to him about those before making a publication...
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cruz says he wasn't questioning hagel's patriotism. but let me read what he said when he started demanding financial information for the past five years rather than the standard two. and i'm quoting mr. cruz. it may be that he spoke at radical or extreme groups or anti-israel groups and accepted financial compensation. we don't know. in other words, have you now or have you ever been a communist, senator hagel? isn't that what cruz is asking? >> yeah. we see a lot of this kind of cheap shots by the chicken hawks in the republican party going after a man who -- a decorated veteran from the vietnam war. >> but these are smears, julian. this isn't a cheap shot. this is implying by a question that the man has corruptly received money from nations that this nation believes to be antagonistic. >> it is a cheap shot because there's no evidence of this. and no cabinet level nominee appointee has been through this kind of treatment. so i think at the end of the day, however, the position articulated by mr. cruz is not taken seriously by most of
cruz says he wasn't questioning hagel's patriotism. but let me read what he said when he started demanding financial information for the past five years rather than the standard two. and i'm quoting mr. cruz. it may be that he spoke at radical or extreme groups or anti-israel groups and accepted financial compensation. we don't know. in other words, have you now or have you ever been a communist, senator hagel? isn't that what cruz is asking? >> yeah. we see a lot of this kind of cheap...
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hagel's nomination. is it your opinion, politically that if chuck schumer doesn't come onboard that chuck hagel couldn't suffer and not go through and get confirmed? >> i think senator schumer will be critical. >> i think that he will be inclined to support the president's choice. i think most of us would be. at the same time, he is going to have to be satisfied that senator hagel will advance these policies that will seek to prevent iran from ever obtaining a nuclear bomb, and i think if the senator, that is if senator schumer were not persuaded during the confirmation that he would be willing to break with the president and it's that important. the iran issue is simply that important, but again, if i were a betting man, i would say that he'll be confirmed, that he'll satisfy the questions that have been raised, but that fate is very much in senator hagel's hands as well as in senator schumer's. >> the hearings will tell the tale. >> thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> bill clinton
hagel's nomination. is it your opinion, politically that if chuck schumer doesn't come onboard that chuck hagel couldn't suffer and not go through and get confirmed? >> i think senator schumer will be critical. >> i think that he will be inclined to support the president's choice. i think most of us would be. at the same time, he is going to have to be satisfied that senator hagel will advance these policies that will seek to prevent iran from ever obtaining a nuclear bomb, and i...
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. >> still haggling over hagel. is he home free, or are republicans trying to dig up another issue before next week's vote? >> i think we're doing our job to scrutinize, i think, one of the most unqualified radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time. >> spoiler alert. the day after downtown. the season finale that's left us all reeling and weeping. >> andrea mitchell live in washington. republican critics say they are prepared to permit a vote on chuck hagel next week, but his opponents are still digging, digging for anything that could still derail the nomination between now and then. joining me now for our daily fix, washington post columnist ruth marcus, and nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. welcome both. first to you, ruth. you've talked -- you've written a lot about hagel and about the ted cruz fell nonnon, and all of the piling on. we now hear in the weekend interviews that there's going to be an interview and they expect it to go through, john mccain and others are going to
. >> still haggling over hagel. is he home free, or are republicans trying to dig up another issue before next week's vote? >> i think we're doing our job to scrutinize, i think, one of the most unqualified radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time. >> spoiler alert. the day after downtown. the season finale that's left us all reeling and weeping. >> andrea mitchell live in washington. republican critics say they are prepared to permit a vote on chuck...
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. >>> coming up, republican senators still beating the war drums over chuck hagel's nomination. lindsey graham using the word "clueless" to describe his knowledge of u.s. policy. and there's even talk of a filibuster. what all this means for hagehag straight ahead. i'm a conservative investor. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to y
. >>> coming up, republican senators still beating the war drums over chuck hagel's nomination. lindsey graham using the word "clueless" to describe his knowledge of u.s. policy. and there's even talk of a filibuster. what all this means for hagehag straight ahead. i'm a conservative investor. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and...
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the fact that senator hagel is a republican, it helps the fact that he's a former senator. it helps, and, you know, the fact that he is a combat veteran himself, from vietnam, i think also gives him credibility in dealing with these issues. it's going to be contentious. we know that when these sequestration budget cuts come up in just a couple weeks on march 1st, that we would expect to hear senator hagel's voice on those cuts as well. >> again, that vote is coming up this afternoon at 2:45. that just announced by senator levin. so we should have some forward motion on that vote. thanks to the power panel today, chip saltsman, ben labolt, and a happy birthday to susan page. we understand it's your birthday, falling on the state of the union, how lucky is that. thanks, gang. as the president gets ready to make his address, we want to know what you think your answer is. my answer is proud and ready for what's next. share on twitter or instagram with the #sotuis. we'll share your responses on the air. and keep it locked in here on msnbc for complete coverage of the state of th
the fact that senator hagel is a republican, it helps the fact that he's a former senator. it helps, and, you know, the fact that he is a combat veteran himself, from vietnam, i think also gives him credibility in dealing with these issues. it's going to be contentious. we know that when these sequestration budget cuts come up in just a couple weeks on march 1st, that we would expect to hear senator hagel's voice on those cuts as well. >> again, that vote is coming up this afternoon at...
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he pressed hagel. take a listen. >> i would like a answer whether you are right or wrong and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or a no answer on a lot of things. >> then let the record show that you refuse to answer the question, now please go ahead. >> if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no? i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir. and you are on the wrong side of it. >> colonel -- >> when hagel said i think i would like to explain, you know mccain does not want him to explain. he wants a yes or no answer. >> why did he shy away from doing that? >> i don't know. bob and i were talking about it before, he knew the questions were coming. he nie who was going to deliver them. he had time to rehearse. >> i think of the right answer two days after the right answer should have been given. history actually does show that the surge worked. that my vote was wrong and your vote was right. but senator mc
he pressed hagel. take a listen. >> i would like a answer whether you are right or wrong and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or a no answer on a lot of things. >> then let the record show that you refuse to answer the question, now please go ahead. >> if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no? i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir. and you are on the wrong...
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chuck hagel came out after that report and said we need to recertify every sexual assault counselor and recruiter we had. the army decided that people that they called in positions of trust needed to be looked at as well. those are drill instructors, and other instructors as well. >> the records of at least 35,000 troops have been reviewed, or still under review. do we expect to see more firings like this down the line? >> as i understand it, there are a number of folks still under review. so the army has not completed all of its investigations and doesn't expect to until october. i think we can probably expect to see more people going. >> now, tom, critics argue each branch of the military is enter preting hagel's orders to look at records differently. how do we know the pentagon is adequately addressing the pob? >> the army seemed to go the extra mile. in doing so, they uncovered 55 soldiers who they decided will no longer do those jobs. the other services just had a handful. it was only the navy that had five others. so perhaps there will be a call to do more, and look at those recru
chuck hagel came out after that report and said we need to recertify every sexual assault counselor and recruiter we had. the army decided that people that they called in positions of trust needed to be looked at as well. those are drill instructors, and other instructors as well. >> the records of at least 35,000 troops have been reviewed, or still under review. do we expect to see more firings like this down the line? >> as i understand it, there are a number of folks still under...
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here's what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say. take a listen. >> we're looking at everything, and we are listening to victims carefully, closely. we're not taking anything off the table. and we want to understand all this best. >> karen, you also watched that news conference with secretary hagel and general dempsey. what was your impression? >> you know, i heard the rigtç things from both men, particularly, you know, given that they were talking act the fact that this is clearly a cultural problem and that it's something that they want to make sure that they handle in a systemic way. i thought it was -- that clip right there, i was pleased to hear him say they are talking to the victims to really try to understand -- he goes on to say from the beginning to when it's reported all the way through to how it's handled. that's what we need. i think what kirsten's bill does, senator gillibrand's bill does says, take it out of the chain of command and make sure this is handled by people specifically trained to deal with these kinds of c
here's what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say. take a listen. >> we're looking at everything, and we are listening to victims carefully, closely. we're not taking anything off the table. and we want to understand all this best. >> karen, you also watched that news conference with secretary hagel and general dempsey. what was your impression? >> you know, i heard the rigtç things from both men, particularly, you know, given that they were talking act the fact that this...
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that's all going to be on hagel's plate. >> that's all on hagel's plate. you see a lot of republicans who are uneasy about giving chuck hagel the raines on that. you had jim the ranking member on armed services say he won't be able to vote for him, but i think when you have chuck schumer, has kind of cleared the way for a lot of -- >> kirsten gillibrand leaning on it. >> he has been able to neutralize the jewish and israel problems that he has had with chuck schumer. i'm not sure he is going to be able to quiet all the republicans that are nervous about him, but, again, this is the president's choice. he is a republican. i think it will be tough for republicans to oppose him in block. >> barring some unusual circumstance that we don't know about coming up at the hearing, jonathan, presidents do get the cabinets that they want most often, but we've also seen that the republican opposition has really struck by watching the republican questioning of both hillary clinton and john kerry. hillary clinton questioned about benghazi, clearly a setback, and a major
that's all going to be on hagel's plate. >> that's all on hagel's plate. you see a lot of republicans who are uneasy about giving chuck hagel the raines on that. you had jim the ranking member on armed services say he won't be able to vote for him, but i think when you have chuck schumer, has kind of cleared the way for a lot of -- >> kirsten gillibrand leaning on it. >> he has been able to neutralize the jewish and israel problems that he has had with chuck schumer. i'm not...
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i want to ask pu chuck hagel. is he deeply unpopular with fiscal conservatives. how ugly might the nomination fight get? >> well, chuck is a controversial guy, and a person marches to his own drum. and is he a really aggressive guy, who is willing to make tough calls, and many unfortunately i don't agree with when he made them. but i think -- first off, the president should have who he wants in his cabinet's position, unless the people are totally irresponsible. and he has a choice like that. he's the right president to pick this cabinet. and i think chuck will bring a refreshing view to the defense department. the defense is filled with defense speak and it would be nice to have somebody who looks beyond the box and says, listen we have to think outside the box. the defense department and the whole military establishment will go through major adjustment as we try to get control over our finances as a nation, defense will be part of the issue and so you will have some creative thinking. we have a lot of angst on iran positions, sanctions, and on israel and, the f
i want to ask pu chuck hagel. is he deeply unpopular with fiscal conservatives. how ugly might the nomination fight get? >> well, chuck is a controversial guy, and a person marches to his own drum. and is he a really aggressive guy, who is willing to make tough calls, and many unfortunately i don't agree with when he made them. but i think -- first off, the president should have who he wants in his cabinet's position, unless the people are totally irresponsible. and he has a choice like...
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defense secretary hagel declined to discuss any specific forced movements but left little doubt he thinks chemical weapons were involved saying "it appears to be what happened, use of chemical weapons." on the table limited air strikes, most likely cruise missiles launched from those destroyers, targeting key assad military command posts. government officials telling us the case for military action is taking shape. military officials are barning that extremist figures like al qaeda are being drawn to the chaos in syria like a "moth to a flame." you add chemical weapons and that's why you hear the president talk about core national interests being at stake here. lester? >> david gregory, david, thanks. >>> now to spokane where folks are shaking their heads in disgust and sadness after the brutal killing this week of a man who served his country in world war ii, and was always there for his neighbors, too. as much as ty tried to, there is just no making sense of what two teenaged boys would allegedly beat the elderly man, who was beloved by nearly everyone he met. nbc's michelle franzen has
defense secretary hagel declined to discuss any specific forced movements but left little doubt he thinks chemical weapons were involved saying "it appears to be what happened, use of chemical weapons." on the table limited air strikes, most likely cruise missiles launched from those destroyers, targeting key assad military command posts. government officials telling us the case for military action is taking shape. military officials are barning that extremist figures like al qaeda...
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emily i want to play for everybody what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say on thursday. take a listen. >> you only need to be wrong once. and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. >> so, emily, what should we be reading into those comments made by defense secretary hagel? >> well, i think you're hearing a guy who hasn't been on the job all that long and it's already concerned about his legacy and how history will remember him. putting himself in the context of other secretaries of states and presidents, too. but i think what he's saying is pretty much at face value, which is, you know, we don't want to dismiss these threats, as more blustering. you have to take them seriously in some way, and i think that's what he's doing. i think that, you know, it's easy to dismiss them. but like you said, kim jong-un is an unknown quantity. he's unpredictable. and i think that the defense department, i think chuck hagel, and others are taking this very seriously in a way maybe they haven't be
emily i want to play for everybody what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say on thursday. take a listen. >> you only need to be wrong once. and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. >> so, emily, what should we be reading into those comments made by defense secretary hagel? >> well, i think you're hearing a guy who hasn't been on the job all that long and it's already concerned...
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can you be for senator hagel? i mean, in some ways he was the chairman of your -- co-chair of your campaign in 2000. he would seem to be your kind of guy. a veteran. a guy who's been shot at -- >> he's a veteran. he's a friend. and by the way, in this process usually with previous presidents, both republican and democrat, when they're considering nominations they call in the other side and say -- the key members on the other party and say i'm thinking about nominating mr. x, what do you think about it? there's been none of that with this administration. >> the gop opposition to these cabinet nominations also comes amid some calls for filibuster reform to make it more difficult for republicans to block confirmation votes. >>> a new report out today says the u.s. is stepping up drone strikes in pakistan while preparing to withdraw troops from neighboring afghanistan. the flurry of strikes is pounding taliban targets and reports say thursday's attack was the seventh in just ten days. nbc news foreign correspondent ay
can you be for senator hagel? i mean, in some ways he was the chairman of your -- co-chair of your campaign in 2000. he would seem to be your kind of guy. a veteran. a guy who's been shot at -- >> he's a veteran. he's a friend. and by the way, in this process usually with previous presidents, both republican and democrat, when they're considering nominations they call in the other side and say -- the key members on the other party and say i'm thinking about nominating mr. x, what do you...
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defense secretary hagel declined to discuss any specific forced movements, but he left little doubt he thinks chemical weapons were involved saying, "it appears to be what happened, use of chemical weapons." on the table limited air strikes, most likely cruise missiles launched from those destroyers, targeting key assad military command posts. government officials telling us the case for military action is taking shape. military officials are warning that extremist figures like al qaeda are being drawn to the chaos in syria like "moths to a flame." you add chemical weapons to the picture, and that's why you hear the president talk about core national interests being at stake here. lester? >> david gregory, david, thanks. >>> now to spokane where folks are shaking their heads in disgust and sadness after the brutal killing this week of a man who served his country in world war ii, and was always there for his neighbors, too. as much as they tried to, there is just no making sense of what two teenaged boys would allegedly beat the elderly man, who was beloved by nearly everyone he met. n
defense secretary hagel declined to discuss any specific forced movements, but he left little doubt he thinks chemical weapons were involved saying, "it appears to be what happened, use of chemical weapons." on the table limited air strikes, most likely cruise missiles launched from those destroyers, targeting key assad military command posts. government officials telling us the case for military action is taking shape. military officials are warning that extremist figures like al...
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we heard defense secretary chuck hagel tell us that he called his count counterpart. is there any reaction to that in egypt? >> reporter: no. the egyptian government right now has officially been very tight-lipped. we've tried to reach out to various branches including the president, the prime minister, the military. none have made any public comments on the u.s. statement. so you get a sense that perhaps it is causing a little bit of discussion within the egyptian government. the interesting point in the u.s. announcement was that it was a public rebuke of the egyptian military. there is a whole host of issues that the united states government could have taken against the interim government. instead, they decided to cancel military training exercises with their egyptian counter parts. that will be a rebuke by the way the military is conducting itself. nonetheless, some are saying that is insignificant, that the united states simply canceling a military exercise is not enough to put the pressure on the egyptian military and the government to try to reverse course with
we heard defense secretary chuck hagel tell us that he called his count counterpart. is there any reaction to that in egypt? >> reporter: no. the egyptian government right now has officially been very tight-lipped. we've tried to reach out to various branches including the president, the prime minister, the military. none have made any public comments on the u.s. statement. so you get a sense that perhaps it is causing a little bit of discussion within the egyptian government. the...
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. >> senator hagel supported barack obama over john mccain. i think it is very personal with mccain. i think with other republicans, they are looking ahead to the 2014 races and they don't want to be primaried from the right. they have to look tough here. in the end, they are saying he will get through. he will get through without perhaps any republican votes or a handful of republican votes. i don't think that say very good message to send to the rest of the world the politics the republicans are playing in this. mccain, he wants to have it both ways. he wants to say i'll hold him up, but he will get through. he doesn't entirely want his fingerprints on this either. the kind of politics that everybody seems to play is blame-free politics. it is not possible. the public is sitting out there and they will blame everybody in the end. >> eleanor and emily, sit tight. we will learn details about the president's immigration reform. this is from the chief of staff. >> will be prepared and the bipartisan talks on the hill that we're supporting, if th
. >> senator hagel supported barack obama over john mccain. i think it is very personal with mccain. i think with other republicans, they are looking ahead to the 2014 races and they don't want to be primaried from the right. they have to look tough here. in the end, they are saying he will get through. he will get through without perhaps any republican votes or a handful of republican votes. i don't think that say very good message to send to the rest of the world the politics the...
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. >> several senate republicans have made it clear that jack lew will be a fight just as chuck hagel will be a fight, just as susan rice was a fight. the second problem for president obama is that so far his chosen bantd doesn't include any sisters, nor does it include any racial diversity. even members of his own party are expressing dismay. new york democrat charlie rangel called the lack of women embarrassing as hell and yesterday chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, marcia fudge wrote a letter urging the president to nominate two members of the cbc. bill, you are a former diverse member of the president's -- >> still diverse. >> yes. you remain diverse, though not sequestered at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, for which we are thankful. i wonder what you make about this contention that he is being too insular, a, in terms of the possibility of group think, people that have been with him forever, and then, b, how much is the diversity problem for him? >> well, i'll start with b. you know, i think that what we're seeing here is more of an optics problem than it is a real problem
. >> several senate republicans have made it clear that jack lew will be a fight just as chuck hagel will be a fight, just as susan rice was a fight. the second problem for president obama is that so far his chosen bantd doesn't include any sisters, nor does it include any racial diversity. even members of his own party are expressing dismay. new york democrat charlie rangel called the lack of women embarrassing as hell and yesterday chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, marcia...
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defense secretary chuck hagel has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan. hagel is not planning to meet with karzai during his stop >> six suspects in the truck carrying radioactive have been released from the hospital. all of them experienced symptoms of radiation exposure. >>> in the wake of last weekend's deadly rail accident, they have until tuesday to identify all lines who have speed changes of 20 miles per hour or more. the railroad is ordered to put extra operators online. >>> new mexico state police officer who shot at the van with children inside has been fired. the incident happened in october during a traffic stop dispute over a speeding ticket. >>> a woman in georgia is facing a series of charges for using her 5-year-old son to burglarize her neighbor's house. video from the in-home surveillance shows the boy breaking in through the doingy door. the home owner set up a camera after noticing things missing from her house. >>> the american veteran detained in north korea is heading home. newman arrived last night night hours after his release. he
defense secretary chuck hagel has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan. hagel is not planning to meet with karzai during his stop >> six suspects in the truck carrying radioactive have been released from the hospital. all of them experienced symptoms of radiation exposure. >>> in the wake of last weekend's deadly rail accident, they have until tuesday to identify all lines who have speed changes of 20 miles per hour or more. the railroad is ordered to put extra operators...
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so if president obama does, in fact, pick hagel it is possible that we could see a potentially difficult nominating process, but that announcement could come as early as next week. craig? >> there's the work. let's talk about the play and what's vacation been like for the president. and one of the reports yesterday said that the president who has played some golf and had dinner at nobu, we understand. what else? >> that's right. the other day he went out and took that famous shaved ice trip that he takes with his daughters. shaved ice is like water ice in hawaii and it is a local treat and he's been playing a lot of golf, basically, and also doing some work of the office of the presidency, that always travels with him. you saw him speak out about the sandy relief package. also, of course, delivered the weekly address in which he talks about the upcoming fiscal fight over the debt ceiling and drawing a hard line with congress saying he's not going to negotiate with them and house speaker john boehner drawing a hard line as well saying he'll use the debt ceiling debate to try to cut spendi
so if president obama does, in fact, pick hagel it is possible that we could see a potentially difficult nominating process, but that announcement could come as early as next week. craig? >> there's the work. let's talk about the play and what's vacation been like for the president. and one of the reports yesterday said that the president who has played some golf and had dinner at nobu, we understand. what else? >> that's right. the other day he went out and took that famous shaved...
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what do you think of the republican treatment of chuck hagel? >> i think it is legitimate that they have questions about some foreign policy decisions he has made in the past. i think particularly senator cruz and others went too far in applying as a consquence that somehow he is dangerous to the united states. he won the election to decide who wants to be secretary of defense. >> what do you think was behind a lot of that? >> i think it had a lot to do with a sort of neoconservative movement who are very angry to senator hagel about the surge and critical comments he made and has to do with a number of conservative jewish americans who are concerned about his jews on israel. i think they came together and made a hot political issue with it. i am pleased that they will not hold the nomination up because we don't have a secretary of defense right now. it is a very bad impression to filibuster a nominee for secretary of defense because you disagree with his foreign policy conclusions. >> the administration's policy on drone attacks on suspected te
what do you think of the republican treatment of chuck hagel? >> i think it is legitimate that they have questions about some foreign policy decisions he has made in the past. i think particularly senator cruz and others went too far in applying as a consquence that somehow he is dangerous to the united states. he won the election to decide who wants to be secretary of defense. >> what do you think was behind a lot of that? >> i think it had a lot to do with a sort of...
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i think it's going to make it much more difficult for secretary kerry and also for secretary hagel as well, to deal with counterparts in other countries because the latter of going to think that the secretary is not necessarily carrying forward a message that can be backed up. that's the biggest problem with having the speeches and actions all out of sequence. >> all right. patrick, perry, jake, thanks. stick around. the brain trust twihat will be back with us. and convincing congress. we'll talk to members of the house committee about the president's case for military action against syria and what happened behind closed doors today on the hill. you're watching cnbc. d i have d. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning like i was walking on hot coals... to like 1,000 bees that were just stinging my feet. i have a great relationship with my doctor... he found lyrica for me. [ female announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabe
i think it's going to make it much more difficult for secretary kerry and also for secretary hagel as well, to deal with counterparts in other countries because the latter of going to think that the secretary is not necessarily carrying forward a message that can be backed up. that's the biggest problem with having the speeches and actions all out of sequence. >> all right. patrick, perry, jake, thanks. stick around. the brain trust twihat will be back with us. and convincing congress....
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we start with chuck hagel's rough day on capitol hill. lawmakers attacked the former senator and vietnam veteran in a contentious, nearly eight hour hearing over his nomination to become at the next u.s. defense secretary. the question was expected to be tough but he appeared uncomfortable, even unprepared. the most heated exchange of the day came from a former close friend, senator john mccain who grilled hagel on opposing the 2007 u.s. troop surge in iraq. >> wiere you correct or incorret when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong. that's a pretty straight forward question. >> well, i -- >> i would like the answer whether you're right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> well, let the record show you refuse to answer that question. please go ahead.
we start with chuck hagel's rough day on capitol hill. lawmakers attacked the former senator and vietnam veteran in a contentious, nearly eight hour hearing over his nomination to become at the next u.s. defense secretary. the question was expected to be tough but he appeared uncomfortable, even unprepared. the most heated exchange of the day came from a former close friend, senator john mccain who grilled hagel on opposing the 2007 u.s. troop surge in iraq. >> wiere you correct or...
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we should say defense secretary chuck hagel will be at west point today at that graduation ceremony with a very similar message. >> okay. kristen, stay with us. i want to bring in ed o'keefe there "the washington post." ed has a front page story today about the move to crack down on military sex assaults. so ed, as i welcome you to the confidence, you have the pentagon releasing this report that as many as 26,000 service members may have been sexually assaulted in just 2012. that is staggering. has the military or the white house offered any tangible solution? i mean how do you stop it? >> well, they're talking about it. certainly you've seen the president use a commencement address at one of the military academies, certainly a misage that should permeate, and defense secretary hagel and the top brass at all the different services have made clear that they don't tolerate this anymore. but i think more than anything, just the fact that they are now rooting out these different allegations, whether it's fort greeley, fort hood, west point, and other locations around the world, sort of sends
we should say defense secretary chuck hagel will be at west point today at that graduation ceremony with a very similar message. >> okay. kristen, stay with us. i want to bring in ed o'keefe there "the washington post." ed has a front page story today about the move to crack down on military sex assaults. so ed, as i welcome you to the confidence, you have the pentagon releasing this report that as many as 26,000 service members may have been sexually assaulted in just 2012....
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the show that welcomes hagel for the leftist with proud arms. thanks for being up on this first of february. there is a lot going on including new ammunition for gun control ads shows overwhelming support for background checks. in chicago, mayor emanuel says enough is enough. we'll tell what you he is doing to try to stop the latest epidemic of gun violence in the windy city. a tragic wakeup call in the world of extreme sports. after a snowmobile rider died from injuries he sustained in a crash at the x games. that's ahead in sports. first, our top story at 5:30 a.m. eastern time in new york city. we start with chuck hagel's rough day on capitol hill. lawmakers attacked the former senator and vietnam veteran in a contentious, nearly eight hour hearing over his nomination to become at the next u.s. defense secretary. the question was expected to be tough but he appeared uncomfortable, even unprepared. the most heated exchange of the day came from a former close friend, senator john mccain who grilled hagel on opposing the 2007 u.s. troop surge in
the show that welcomes hagel for the leftist with proud arms. thanks for being up on this first of february. there is a lot going on including new ammunition for gun control ads shows overwhelming support for background checks. in chicago, mayor emanuel says enough is enough. we'll tell what you he is doing to try to stop the latest epidemic of gun violence in the windy city. a tragic wakeup call in the world of extreme sports. after a snowmobile rider died from injuries he sustained in a crash...
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that chuck hagel will be confirmed. he asked at least 1 journalist to introduce him to a former indiana senator. he was invited to the dinner on buzz feed. conan o'brien will headline the correspondent dinner. he hosted back in 1995 when president clinton was in the white house and oj simpson was on trial. let's take a listen to the sample of the performance. >> when i got the invitation i was thrilled that i would be speaking in the same room with the most powerful man in the country. and -- well then i heard that judge eto cancelled. >> the white house correspondents dinner is scheduled for april 27th. coming up, a d.c. game of operator that went wrong this week. we will bring you the details later and barack obama promised transparency in his presidency, did he overplay his hand? you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ they see me rollin' ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to -- [ woman ] hi there. why do we always hav
that chuck hagel will be confirmed. he asked at least 1 journalist to introduce him to a former indiana senator. he was invited to the dinner on buzz feed. conan o'brien will headline the correspondent dinner. he hosted back in 1995 when president clinton was in the white house and oj simpson was on trial. let's take a listen to the sample of the performance. >> when i got the invitation i was thrilled that i would be speaking in the same room with the most powerful man in the country....
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by the way, chuck hagel announced today, he's fixing this problem in a creative way. but that aside, if you look at what's happening, i've got situations in my state that are life-threatening situations right now as we speak. >> and, you know, senator, you talked about, you know, the -- the sort of creative lengths that your colleagues -- that the pentagon is really having to go to to work on this. one is you have a private charity that's kicking in. that's going to help to provide some of these benefits until this is resolved. and the money can be paid back. i mean, in a perverse way, are republicans being incentivized to continue these kinds of strategies, because they fundamentally don't believe government should be doing these things. they think private charity should. so in a horrible way, the charities they should be helping are almost in a sense giving some republicans -- not all, but some conservatives, what they want. >> i don't really think so, because obviously this is -- you know, we pray to god we don't have a lot of these to pay, because it's a death gra
by the way, chuck hagel announced today, he's fixing this problem in a creative way. but that aside, if you look at what's happening, i've got situations in my state that are life-threatening situations right now as we speak. >> and, you know, senator, you talked about, you know, the -- the sort of creative lengths that your colleagues -- that the pentagon is really having to go to to work on this. one is you have a private charity that's kicking in. that's going to help to provide some...
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congress -- going to probably come out slightly tough, not as angry as he was around other things, chuck hagel and susan rice, a fairly tough thing saying this is not right. this is not negotiating, this is a ransom note and the way the governing should happen. >> we have an unusual situation because usually at least in recent years, both sides have been sort of locked into their positions. but i suspect there are a good number of people on the republican side, folks who aren't as vocal as the ted cruz' of the world who are very uncomfortable with what the strategy has been. and some have come out and been very vocal about their discomfort like peter king and john mccain. so those folks and others who have not been as out there in terms of critique of the republican tactics and how close they are pushing us to the brink. may be listening, how is this going to go down? is the president really going to stick to what he said and stick to his guns? in that respect, i do think that's important for congress. >> we also saw a rebuke from new york corker say this is not the way we need to be doing thi
congress -- going to probably come out slightly tough, not as angry as he was around other things, chuck hagel and susan rice, a fairly tough thing saying this is not right. this is not negotiating, this is a ransom note and the way the governing should happen. >> we have an unusual situation because usually at least in recent years, both sides have been sort of locked into their positions. but i suspect there are a good number of people on the republican side, folks who aren't as vocal...
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i think chuck hagel's not the person that should be advising him, when chuck hagel was one that didn't even support sanctions against iran. when it opened discussions with iran, and in his book, implies that a nuclear-armed iran would maybe be more responsible. and i just can't see that, when you see the statements made by ahmadinejad, at the united nations, about israel's merely ability to exist. >> the senate as a whole has not rejected a cabinet nominee since 1989. it was george h.w. bush's nomination of john tower. it was a secretary of defense, but these were questions of personal and ethical conduct that derailed that. before that, you had to go back to 1959 and eisenhower to find someone else. do you think the senate will actually reject hagel? >> i think it's too early to tell. so many senators that i talked to, erin, said that the hearings would be consequential, and what i heard today was a senator, a former senator, who seemed uncomfortable on that side of the table, answering questions, when in the past, he was on the other side of the table, much more comfortable, when he
i think chuck hagel's not the person that should be advising him, when chuck hagel was one that didn't even support sanctions against iran. when it opened discussions with iran, and in his book, implies that a nuclear-armed iran would maybe be more responsible. and i just can't see that, when you see the statements made by ahmadinejad, at the united nations, about israel's merely ability to exist. >> the senate as a whole has not rejected a cabinet nominee since 1989. it was george h.w....
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senate thursday, a first step in what could be a stand off of former senator chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. >> on this vote the yays are 58. the nays are 40. >> confirmation remains in question. >> taken policy positions that i believe call into question the quality of his professional judgment on issues critical to national defense. >> senator john mccain and lindsay gram say they are opposing hagel about israel and troop surges in iraq which are at odds to u.s. policy. >> it was unnerving some of the things that came out of that hearing. created more questions and doubts than confidence. >> hagel, the former will you be pick an senator declined for appear to struggle in explaining decisions. >> we're right? >> i would defer in your judgment to sort that out. >> the committee deserves your judgment. >> republicans have sought to link confirmation to continued questions over the benghazi attack. white house responded to questions in a letter today while democrats tried to be opponents. >> we got a car going on in afghanistan. we need to have a secretary
senate thursday, a first step in what could be a stand off of former senator chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. >> on this vote the yays are 58. the nays are 40. >> confirmation remains in question. >> taken policy positions that i believe call into question the quality of his professional judgment on issues critical to national defense. >> senator john mccain and lindsay gram say they are opposing hagel about israel and troop surges in iraq...
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senator lindsey graham and senate nominee chuck hagel. he was confronted with past remarks the former senator made that leaders on capitol hill are intimidated by the, quote, jewish lobby. >> name one person in your opinion who's intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first -- >> name one. >> i don't know. >> well, why would you say it? >> i didn't have in mind a specific person. >> sir, do you agree it's provocative statement. i can't think of a more provocative thing to say about the relationship between the united states and israel and the senate or the congress than what you said. name one dumb thing we have been goaded in to do because of the pressure of the israeli or jewish lobby. >> i have already stated that i regret the term nlg. >> you said back then it makes us do dumb things. you can't name one senator intimidated. now give me one example of the dumb things we're pressured to do up here. >> we were talking in that interview about the middle east. about positions. about israel. >> now that excha
senator lindsey graham and senate nominee chuck hagel. he was confronted with past remarks the former senator made that leaders on capitol hill are intimidated by the, quote, jewish lobby. >> name one person in your opinion who's intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first -- >> name one. >> i don't know. >> well, why would you say it? >> i didn't have in mind a specific person. >> sir, do you agree it's provocative...
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hagel apologized and that former adviser, james hormel, now supports hagel's nomination. but much of the opposition to hagel is rooted in his loud split with the republican party over the iraq war and skepticism about his willingness to use force. in an interview with cnn, vice president biden argued that hagel is no dove. >> the idea of getting engaged in a ground war, in a country that's in transition is not a precipitation any military man would suggest. >> in many ways, obama's pick of hagel, who he forged a relationship with in the senate, then traveled with to afghanistan and iraq in july of 2008, along with cia nominee john brennan and incoming secretary of state john kerry represent a shift in the way the u.s. wages war and the president's attempts to put an imprint on u.s. foreign policy. today, hagel will have his first chance to publicly respond to his critics, in a 112-page questionnaire requested by the committee, hagel begins to do that on iran and israel. this is what he said in the questionnaire, and he'll be questioned about this today. on the questionnai
hagel apologized and that former adviser, james hormel, now supports hagel's nomination. but much of the opposition to hagel is rooted in his loud split with the republican party over the iraq war and skepticism about his willingness to use force. in an interview with cnn, vice president biden argued that hagel is no dove. >> the idea of getting engaged in a ground war, in a country that's in transition is not a precipitation any military man would suggest. >> in many ways, obama's...